| 释义 |
proˈgenity nonce-wd.
†1. Humorous blunder for progeny (sense 4).
1600Heywood 1st Pt. Edw. IV, iii. Wks. I. 45 Harrys of the old house of Lancaster; and that progenity do I loue.
2. [after humanity: cf. caninity 2]. Consideration for offspring or descendants.
1902L. Stephen in 19th Cent. May 797 Progenity, or as Mr. Kidd calls it, ‘projected efficiency’, makes us suffer for the good of our descendants. |